Jus primæ noctis, ii. 395, 752
“Justice,” analysis of the concept, i. 141–145
Justice, the sense
of,
among savages, i. 124, 126–129;
loved by gods, ii. 675, 684,
686, 699, 700,
73, 74. 732
Karma, ii. 711
Killing, in
self-defence, i. 288–290;
of foreigners, i. 331–334, 337–34, 370, 371,
373;
of enemies, i. 331–333, 373,
ii. 693;
of slaves, i. 378, 421–429, 696, 707;
of infants by their parents, i. 378,
394–413, 633,
ii. 562;
of human embryos, i. 378, 408,
409, 413–417, ii. 705;
of parents by their children, i. 383–386, 522, ii. 256
sq. n. 2;
or abandoning of aged parents, i. 386–390, 606, 607,
612, 620;
or abandoning of sick persons, i. 391–393, ii.
542;
of grown-up children by their parents, i. 393
sq., ii. 256 sq. n. 2;
of wives by their husbands, i. 418,
419, 631;
of women, i. 418–421;
of husbands by their wives, i. 419
sq.;
of freemen by slaves, i. 429,
430, 491 n. 5;
of chiefs, i. 430;
of the firstborn child, i. 458–460, ii. 562;
of the firstborn son, i. 458–461;
of
departed souls, ii. 516 sq.;
of divine beings, ii. 602–610, 753
sq.;
of disappointing magicians, ii. 609.
See Blood-revenge, Compensation
for homicide, Duel, Head
hunting, Homicide, Human
sacrifice, Manslaughter, Manslayers,
Punishment of death, Suicide,
War
Killing of
animals, ch. xliv. (ii. 490–514);
in consequence of harm done by them, i. 26,
27, 251–260;
of sacred animals, i. 227,
ii. 603–606, 609;
of totem animals, ii. 210, 603,
604, 606;
of vermin, i. 26, 27,
251;
dogs, i. 381 n. 6,
ii. 501;
monkeys, ii. 329, 490,
513;
buffaloes, ii. 330;
sheep, ii. 330;
cattle, ii. 330, 493
sq.;
cows, ii. 330, 331,
497;
the ploughing ox, ii.
330, 331, 493,
494, 504;
calves, ii. 331;
bees, ii. 490;
pigeons, ii. 490;
storks, ii. 490;
swallows, ii. 490;
ravens, ii. 491;
toads, ii. 491;
fish, ii. 497 sq.
See Sacrifice
King, the, tied by custom,
i.
161 sq.;
the poor and the weak protected by, i. 180
sq.;
the right of pardon a prerogative of, i. 192,
196, 226;
an object of religious veneration, i. 194,
ii. 606–610, 754;
homicide committed by the command of, i. 285;
strangers protected by, i. 338;
homicide regarded as an injury inflicted upon, i. 374;
sacrificed, i. 443, 466;
human sacrifices offered for the purpose of saving the life of, i. 454–457, 466;
proprietary rights of, ii. 33;
loyalty to, ii. 180, 182;
suicide regarded as an offence against, ii. 240,
263 n. 1;
taboos imposed upon, ii. 287 sq., 407,
418;
the custom of shutting up doors used by, ii. 538 n. 2;
cannibalism as a duty incumbent upon, ii. 558;
killing of, ii. 606–610, 753
sq.;
his burial place an asylum, ii. 630;
his house an asylum, ii. 636;
his person an asylum, ii. 636 sq.;
swearing on the life of, ii. 637;
criminals prevented from cursing, ii. 637;
curses pronounced by, ii. 703
Kinship, mutual
assistance imposed as a duty by, i. 538–540;
the social influence of, ii. 198, 201–206, 220, 224, 227,
748.
See Descent
Knowledge,
regard
for, ii. 131–136;
of religious truth, influencing the future state, ii. 132–134, 719–721, 725–727
LABOUR,
ii. 268–283;
the division of, between the sexes i. 633–637,
ii. 271;
property acquired by, ii. 41–43, 53,
69–71;
suspension of, on various occasions, ii. 283–289;
temporarily forbidden to men who have eaten human flesh, ii. 575
Lamentations at funerals, ii. 524, 528, 541 sq.
Language, as a
communicator of moral emotions, i. 115–117;
as an expression of moral concepts, i. 131–133;
the influence of a common, ii. 167, 170,
181;
as an emblem of nationality, ii. 224
sq.
Laws, customs and, as
expressions of moral ideas, ch. vii. (i. 158–
201);
their relations to customs, i. 163–166
Lex talionis. See Equivalence, the rule of
Limbus, ii. 722
Love. See Affection, Free love, Homosexual love
Lunacy, attributed to
demoniacal possession, i. 270, 274
sq., ii. 593;
to malignant magical agency, i. 317,
ii. 531 sq.;
regarded as a divine punishment, i. 274
sq.;
as a punishment inflicted by a saint, ii. 628
Lunatics, injuries
committed by, i. 189, 269–277, 298, 299,
316, 317,
319;
objects of religious reverence, i. 270
sq., ii. 590;
burned as witches, i. 273
Magic, regarded as a
cause
of death, i. 24, 29,
ii. 534, 651;
as a cause of lunacy, i. 317,
ii. 531 sq.;
expertness in, attributed to strangers, i. 584;
to old persons, i. 619 sq.;
to women, i. 620, 666–668;
the position of slaves influenced
by the dread of, i. 716;
fasting in connection with, ii. 293
sq.;
definitions of, ii. 584, 753;
attitude of religion towards, ii. 649, 650,
652, 753;
its influence on moral ideas, ii. 696;
supposed to influence the future state of men, ii. 700,
701, 706, 709,
710, 712.
See Blessings, Blood,
Charms, Cross, Cross-roads,
Curses, Evileye eye, Knots,
L-ʿahd, L-ʿâr, Magicians,
Oaths, Ordeals, Prayer,
Purificatory ceremonies, Sacrifice,
Sexual intercourse (as a magical or
religious rite), Spitting, Transference,
Witchcraft
Magicians,
curses
of, i. 563;
sexual intercourse with, i. 593 n. 1;
abstain from certain foods, ii. 322, 327;
purificatory ceremonies of, ii. 352;
celibacy compulsory on, ii. 405 sq.;
conjugal faithfulness compulsory on persons who wish to become, ii. 419;
addicted to homosexual practices, ii. 458, 459,
465, 472, 477,
484, 486 sq.;
treatment of the dead bodies of, ii. 527;
cannibalism of, ii. 564;
killing of disappointing, ii. 609;
their residences asylums, ii. 631.
See Witches; cf. Priests